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Yup. Still, I find him too positive about the Big Picture than is justified. I appreciate his general approach: gov't is a good and necessary thing. I am of the opinion that as long as we have the wherewithal to do X or Y or Z for EVERYONE, why woul…
Yes, wealthier people tend to hold more stocks, and when Mr. Market does well, it puts them even further ahead of Joe Schmoe who cannot manage to save anything or never learned to do so. Then, with compounding and dividends, it grows almost exponent…
Thanks, Ted. I go to Barchart quite a bit to see how my stuff is faring. Folks here at MFO took the time to explain what I'm looking at. Otherwise and until then, it was a pile of charts and bars to me. :)
I appreciate the replies, you guys. That was interesting info, Ron. I suppose the fact that they were once "individual tribes" way back when helps to explain that among the cantons, there are several official languages: (Wiki:) "In 2011, the langua…
Thanks, Catch. I guess I just must continue to depend on my anti-malware and antivirus programs. I clean my history whenever I shut down. The anti-malware stuff not long ago found some non-critical threats--- like cookies or something else being rem…
....So, I went in and permitted Windows to look for updates and to install them........ Checking for updates...... Checking for updates......... Dinner and a cocktail finished....... Checking for updates ..... Checking for updates...... Conversation…
Microsoft. Why am I not surprised??? When I had automatic updates turned on, it wanted to download the same thing countless times. So I turned it off. I have antimalware working, antivirus, a browser wipe-clean tool. And now, Firefox has just update…
I note that my DoubleLine fund is always, always slower to report than all my others. DLFNX. It's based in Los Angeles. At 4 pm, it's just 1:00 p.m. out there. But that doesn't change when the Exchange closes for the day.
Is it the fund companies,…
My grandad was decorated in the Meuse-Argonne campaign. Came from Ireland, next thing you know, he's in uniform. The Australians (and NZ?) took the most losses at Galipoli, too. Watching that series I linked to above, I learned that EVERY SINGLE sol…
2:18 a.m. on 11/11/2014. Japan and Jakarta are the ones mostly pulling the Asian train today. Sydney is down, I see.
11:00 a.m. on 11th November: World War I armistice. 1918.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Armistice_at_Compiègne
http://www.ah…
@MaxBialystock
Any NIMBY's out there?
http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/wind-energy-alone-powered-scottish-homes-in-october-1-3593045
http://www.thewindpower.net/country_maps_en_4_usa.php
Hello! Thanks for asking. I must confess ignorance. N…
Thanks, all.
And remembering those who gave everything they had, and their loved ones: "I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride…
I smiled, reading that, Catch. Thank you. My parents never spoke about it much, but I am well aware of the gas, tire, butter, meat rationing during WW II. Nylon stockings? You gotta be kidding me. Even the green and red label on Lucky Strikes change…
Nantucket Sound. http://www.capewind.org/index.php
"National Grid is having to double electricity generation prices for Massachusetts customers and a big increase is in store for NSTAR customers too. The reason is the stress placed on fixed natural…
Add-on, @catch22:
>>>>>"Not sure what you mean by "We'll do our SERIOUS investing elsewhere."
Does this mean that monies that are not invested in the workplace 403b are instead invested in a trad. or ROTH IRA?
One aspect of workplace…
@MaxBialystock
Yup, lots of fee layers in some of these plans. 403b's are likely the worse (an annuity layered inside of a tax deferred plan).
? So, you wife's employer places "x" amount of monies into the account every year whether she has contr…
Gawd. If the 403b plan expenses were known and understood by most of the folks at wifey's employer, there'd be hell to pay, too. We just decided we'd allow that employer to add X amount every year, which they do. We won't be adding anything to it, h…
Thanks, Ted.
Some others that I own* or track:
PRSVX -0.22
MSCFX 6.37*
PRDSX 3.96
OTCFX 3.88
NAESX 5.34*
Friday was a positive day in general for small-caps, but PRDSX was down, I suppose due to its holding in Salix.
http://quotes.morningstar.co…
I've noticed, going back several years, that the evening post-market-closing updates at M* used to get done by 6:00. Now it's more like 7:30, and it is not uncommon to go later. And then, there may very well be one or another of my funds NOT updat…